Asian markets were mixed Friday as traders tracked developments in the Omicron virus strain as it spreads around the world, fuelling concerns about the economic recovery, just as the Federal Reserve sets the stage to withdraw its vast pandemic-era financial support. Hong Kong was among the main losers with several dual-listed tech giants taking a …
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European markets closed higher Monday after a weekend of strong economic data from China but ahead of fresh inflation readings, with Paris setting new records while US equities edged lower. France’s CAC 40 index reached new all-time and closing highs, topping out at 7,136.13 points intraday before closing slightly lower thanks to a strong earnings …
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World champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday dominated qualifying at the Brazil Grand Prix but then found himself facing demotion to the back of the grid for Saturday’s sprint race after Mercedes were placed under investigation for a potential breach of technical rules. Hamilton edged out title rival Max Verstappen for first place on the grid …
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Handing over a piping hot meal at exactly the time promised, Chinese food delivery driver Zhuang Zhenhua triumphantly tapped his job as complete through the Meituan app — and was immediately fined half of his earnings. A glitch meant it inaccurately registered him as being late and he incurred an automatic penalty — one of …
All week, Bisrat’s phone has been buzzing with news of fellow Tigrayans caught up in a fresh round of mass arrests linked to Ethiopia’s year-long war. Police first arrested his former business partner from a shop in central Addis Ababa, then detained his uncle and brother-in-law in house-to-house searches. Lawyers say they are among thousands …
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FILE PHOTO: Shoppers look at bread in a Sainsbury’s supermarket, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls March 22, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people heading out to shops across Britain rose by 0.5% in the week to March 20 from a week earlier, the eighth …
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FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Staff February 26, 2021 By Julien Ponthus and Thyagaraju Adinarayan (Reuters) – The selloff in U.S. Treasuries may finally give the bourses of Frankfurt, Paris or Milan a decisive edge for 2021 after five …
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FILE PHOTO: A view of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo February 17, 2021 By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long one of the nation’s “it” destinations, San Francisco was already a land of unaffordable housing before the coronavirus hit, and with the median single-family home …
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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo December 28, 2020 By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Global shares ticked up on Monday as …
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FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker passes underneath the Golden Gate Bridge during a rainfall in San Francisco, California, February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo December 14, 2020 By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday, pushing Brent back above $50 a barrel, buoyed by hopes that a rollout of coronavirus vaccines will …
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